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How to Start a Story

January 31, 2012
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How to Start a Story

One of the questions I hear frequently from aspiring writers is, “How do I start a story?” Even seasoned writers have days when the story won’t come. In an interview in Intrview Magazine in 1995, Martin Amis said of novel-writing, “If I come up against a brick wall, I’ll just go and play snooker or something or sleep on it, and my subconscious will fix it for me.” Good advice, for sure. But if snooker and the subconscious don’t do it for you, here are a few tips to get you going. You can begin “in medias res,” or...

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Creative Fidgeting

January 27, 2012
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Creative Fidgeting

An article by Roland Rotz, Ph.D., in ADDitude Magazine this month claims you shouldn’t fight the fidget, especially when it comes to children with ADHD: Doing two things at once, it turns out, can actually help focus the ADHD brain on a primary task....

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What Happened to the McStay Family?

January 26, 2012
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What Happened to the McStay Family?

The McStay family went missing from their home in Falbrook, CA, in February of 2010. Joseph McStay, 40, and his wife Summer, 43, apparently left home in their Isuzu Trooper on the night of February 4 with their two children–Gianni, 4, and Joseph, Jr.,...

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The Joy of Less: declutter & live simply & well in 2012

January 9, 2012
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The Joy of Less: declutter & live simply & well in 2012

Maybe you've made a resolution to downsize and declutter in 2012. If you're like me, you've made this resolution every year for the past ten years. You keep planning to throw stuff away, but never get around to it. You keep planning to stop...

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Hidden corners of the mind

January 7, 2012
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Hidden corners of the mind

There’s a great post by Molly over at the Green Apple Core about reading while not actually reading: Last night, though, while reading what is so far a very good book in such an environment, I suddenly sat up straighter with a startled feeling,...

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